{"format":1,"id":"117-sjres-55","congress":117,"number":"S.J.Res. 55","kind":"joint_resolution","group":"bills","title":"A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Council on Environmental Quality relating to \"National Environmental Policy Act Implementing Regulations Revisions\".","title_source":"Display Title","official_title":"A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Council on Environmental Quality relating to \"National Environmental Policy Act Implementing Regulations Revisions\".","titles":[{"type":"Official Title as Introduced","title":"A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Council on Environmental Quality relating to \"National Environmental Policy Act Implementing Regulations Revisions\"."},{"type":"Display Title","title":"A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Council on Environmental Quality relating to \"National Environmental Policy Act Implementing Regulations Revisions\"."}],"outcome":"passed_senate","law_number":null,"introduced":"2022-07-13","chambers":{"house":{"status":"na","date":null,"vote":null},"senate":{"status":"roll_call","date":"2022-08-04","vote":{"id":"117-2022-s283","question":"On the Joint Resolution","title":"S.J.Res.55","result":"Joint Resolution Passed","yea":50,"nay":47,"present":0,"not_voting":3,"source":"https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1172/vote_117_2_00283.xml"}}},"president":{"status":"na","date":null},"vice_president_tie_breaker":null,"latest_action":{"text":"Star Print ordered on the joint resolution.","date":"2022-09-21"},"nominees":null,"amendments":[],"other_votes":[],"crs_summary":{"date":"2022-08-04","stage":"Passed Senate","blocks":[{"k":"p","t":"This joint resolution nullifies the final rule issued by the Council on Environmental Quality titled National Environmental Policy Act Implementing Regulations Revisions and published on April 20, 2022. The rule restores regulatory provisions issued under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA) that were in effect before being modified in 2020 by the Update to the Regulations Implementing the Procedural Provisions of the National Environmental Policy Act rule."}],"words":69},"summary":{"main_subject":{"text":"Disapproves, under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, the Council on Environmental Quality rule titled \"National Environmental Policy Act Implementing Regulations Revisions\" (87 Fed. Reg. 23453, April 20, 2022).","cites":[{"label":"Text","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-joint-resolution/55/text/es"}]},"core_areas":["Congressional disapproval of the Council on Environmental Quality's National Environmental Policy Act implementing regulations rule"],"what_it_does":[{"text":"States that Congress disapproves the rule submitted by the Council on Environmental Quality relating to \"National Environmental Policy Act Implementing Regulations Revisions\" (87 Fed. Reg. 23453, April 20, 2022).","cite":{"label":"Text","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-joint-resolution/55/text/es"}},{"text":"Provides that the disapproved rule shall have no force or effect.","cite":{"label":"Text","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-joint-resolution/55/text/es"}}],"unexpected":[],"version":{"type":"Engrossed in Senate","date":"2022-08-04","rule":"passed","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-joint-resolution/55/text/es"},"current":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","approved":"2026-10-15","approved_by":"checks"},"sources":{"congress_gov":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-joint-resolution/55","text":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-joint-resolution/55/text"},"card":{"image":"card/item/117-sjres-55.png","v":"69126355ac3b","alt":"Votes on Record. S.J.Res. 55, 117th Congress: A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Council on Environmental Quality relating to \"National Environmental Policy Act Implementing Regulations Revisions\". Senate: 50 Yea, 47 Nay. Outcome: Agreed to in Senate, 4 Aug 2022."}}